Hair heating equipment



Nov. 8, 1932- I .P. SANTURELLO 1,886,909

HAIR HEATING EQUIPMENT Filed April 28, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR. Pz/er' Saniure/Zo. I

Nov. 8, 1932. N RLL 1,886,909

HAIR HEATING EQUIPMENT Filed April 28, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR. Pefer 5anfurd/o.

Patented Nov. 8, W32

PETER SANTURELLO,

OF COLUMBUS, OHIO HAIR HEATING EQUIPMENT Application filed April 28, 1931.

My invention relates to hair heating equipment. It is particularly applicable for use in waving hair and relates more especially to the provision of a heating apparatus for the production of Marcel waves in the hair.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a heating iron which is adapted to receive a lock or strand of hair and which is provided with elements about which this look of hair may be wound, these elements v being expansible after the hair is in position thereon to ensure that this hair will be tautly stretched and thereby held firmly in contact with the surfaces of the heating iron throughout.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple means for producing this expansion of the heating iron to tauten the hair, this means being in a position readily accessible to the operator.

Another object of my invention is to provide a heating receptacle with which my heating iron is adapted to cooperate after the hair is wound thereon for the ready application of heat to the hair after it has been stretched about the elements of the heating 1ron.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a heating iron embodying a means for attaching the iron to a look of hair ad acent the scalp and looking it in position thereon, together with a means for gripping the free end of the lock of hair after it is in position upon the heatin iron.

y provision of a heating iron having at one end thereof a pair of relatively rotatable circular or-cylindrical plate members which are provided with a slot therein that may be ex panded to receive a lock of hair, preferably adjacent the scalp and then may be contracted to grip this look of hair preliminary to the winding of it upon the stem of the heating iron. This stem of the heating iron preferably comprises a plurality of laterally extending fingers which are alternately dis- 3 posed upon opposite sides of the stem.

This stem of the heating iron with the fingers carried integrally thereon is preferably formed of two main parts, in such amanner invention prefera fbly contemplates the Serial No. 533,469.

that these parts are separable sufliciently to a limited extent to expand the fingers and the stem so as to tauten the lock of hair which has been wound thereupon. A wedgelike member with a'simple means for manipulating the same is preferably used to produce the expanding action.

My heating iron is preferably constructed to enter an opening in a heating element which is provided for cooperation therewith. This heating element is a box-like form and is made up of two hinged parts so that it may be readily opened to facilitate the placing of the heating iron therein.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of one of my heating irons with a lock of hair shown wound thereon.

Figure 2 is a perspectiveview of a device shown in Figure 1 but illustrating the-principal parts thereof disassembled.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of my heating iron, with parts shown broken away.

Figure 4c is a section taken on line 4.-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section taken on line 55 of Figure 3 and illustrating one of the fingers of my heating iron in section.

igure 6 is a perspective yiew of the device shown in Figure 1, with the stem and finger sections expanded.

Figure 7 is a perspective-view of the heating element which I preferably utilize in cooperation with by heating iron.

Figure 8 is a plan view of the device shown in Figure 7 with my heating iron mounted therein.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of a lock of hair which has been waved by the use of my apparatus.

Figure 10 is a section taken on line 10-10 of Figure 8. 1

Figure 11 is a perspective view of a heating coil, partly cut away.

In the drawings, it will be apparent that my heating iron is provided at one end with a circular plate 1 having a rearwardly extend- I ing annular flanged tube and adapted for the reception of a sllghtly smaller circular plate 3, likewise having an annular flange which may be designated 4. The plate 3 fits within the plate 1 and ispreferably held in frictional contact therewith by means of a screw 5 whose head seats within a small annular flange 6 upon the outer Sll'IffiCBQf the plate 1.

The plate 3 is preferably provided with a concentrically disposed stud 7 that projects therefrom and is riveted as at 8 within a socket 9 of a stem portion 10. The stem portion 10 is provided with a plurality of finger portions 11 which are alternately disposed upon opposite sides of the stern and which are provided upon their under surfaces with tongues 12 extending substantially the length of each finger. Several of these fingers are also provided with screw-receiving a ertures 13.

Designed to'interfit wit this stem portion 10 and to cooperate therewith, is a stem portion 14. This stem portion 14 is of substantially semi-cylindrical form and is also provided with a plurality of finger portions 15 alternately disposed upon opposite sides thereof. These finger portions 15 are provided upon their upper surfaces with grooves 16 which are each designed to receive a tongue of a finger portion 11 of the stem portion 10. One of the fingerportions 15 is further provided upon its under surface with an integral hook-like formation 17.

It will be noted that the stem portion 14 is provided with a longitudinal groove 18 of substantially cylindrical form, and by reference to Figure 3, it willbe seen that the stem portion 10 has a substantially cylindrical groove 19 which is complementary to the groove 18. This substantially cylindrical cavity, which is formed in the stem of the heating iron by the complementary grooves 18 and 19 is provided at intervals with enlargements 20 whose walls are so formed as to provide inclined plane surfaces 21.

An expanding'bar 22 is adapted to be disposed within the cylindrical cavity formed undercut portion of the expanding bar in the stem by the grooves 18 and 19. This expanding bar'is provided at intervals with wedge-like formations 23 for disposition within the enlarged cavities 20 of the stem. As illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4, the outer end of this expanding bar is bifurcated as at 24 and undercut as at 25'for the reception and "retention of the head 26 of a screw member.

This head 26 is freely rotatable within the and it is joined by means of a neck 27 to a threaded portion 28 of the screw member 29.

This threaded portion 28 is adapted to fit within the tubular end 30 of the stem and to cooperate with threads 31 on the interior thereof.

The structure is such that rotation of the screw member 29 in one direction will serve to move the expanding bar 22 so as to cause it to exert an expanding pressure upon the stem members 10 and 14, while rotation of this screw member 29 in the opposite direction willftend to relieve this expanding pressure. It will be understood that the separation of the members 10 and 11 is limited by means of screw members 32 which are provided with smooth cylindrical portions 33 and heads 34. These devices will preclude complete separation of the stem portions 10 and 14 but will permit adequate separation to produce effective stretching of the hair.

The stem portion 10 is further provided with a clip 35 to receive and retain the free end of the lock of hair after it has oncebeen wound thereon.

The heating unit which I preferably use in connection with my heating iron is shown best inFigures"? 8, 10 and 11. It preferably comprises hinged members 36 and 37 of a box. These hinged members are preferably cutaway at one end to form cooperating semicircular openings 38 and 39 and bulged or rounded portions 40 and 41 for the reception and retention of the hair gripping member which is comprised of the plates 1 and 3. These circular plates substantially fit within this circular opening in the end of the box and pr elude any material escape of heat therefrom. At its opposite end, the box is provided with tapered portions 42' and 43 which are likewise provided with an outlet 44 of a size adequate to permit the passage of the stem of the heating iron therethrough.

The hinged members 36 and 37 are prefer-- ably provided with spring clips 45 for holding-them in closed position. They are also each of a double-wall construction so that each provides a chamber 46 within which is adapted to be disposed a heating element that 'may take the form of a sheet of mica 47 wrapper with a heating filament or wire 48."

ing iron is readily adjustable to ensure thatthe hair being waved or curled is always sufficiently taut to maintain it in firm contact with the stem and fingers of the heating iron and to efi'ect'a combined heating and pressing action. The structure is also such that a lock of hair may be firmly held at a point closely adjacent to the scalp and that the means for expanding the heating iron will be located in a position readily accessible to the operator. Furthermore, 'it will be apparent that the heating unit, with which my heating iron is associated, is of simple construction and of such a form that the heating iron may be readily applied thereto, While the means for controlling the expansion of the heating iron is projected to the exterior of the heating'unit. Obviously, there are other advantages which will appear from the preceding description and from the claims. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A hair waving or curling device comrisin a mandrel u on which the hair is tially separating said parts.

2. A hair waving or curling device comprising a mandrel upon which the hair is adapted to be wound, said mandrel comprising a stem and a plurality of laterally extending fingers, said stem and said fingers being formed in two parts, and an expandin" means located within the stem of said mandrel.

3. A hair waving or curling device comprising a mandrel upon which the hair is adapted to be wound, said mandrel comprising a stem and a plurality of laterally extending fingers, said stemand said fingers being formed in two interfitting sections, and an expanding means located wlthin the stem of said mandrel. I

4. A hair curling or waving device comprising a stem, a plurality of fingers project- .1ng from different sides of said stem, said stem and said fingers being composed of a plurality of parts, and means for expanding said stem and fingers.

5. A hair waving or curling'device comprising a stem, a plurality of fingers projecting from different parts of said stem, said stem and fingers being constructed of a plurality of parts, and a wedge memberfor forcing sald parts away from each other;

6. A hair waving or curling device comprising a stem, a plurality of fingers about which the hair is adapted to be wound, said fingers being composed of a plurality of parts, and means for adjusting said fingers to tauten the hair.

7. A hair waving or curling device comrising a member embodying a plurality of ngers, said fingers being composed of a plurality of parts, and means for. adjusting said fingers to tauten the hair.

8. Apparatus for waving or curling hair comprising a hair gripping device, a stem about which the hair is adapted to be wound, said stem having fingers thereon, means for adjusting said fingers, means for controlling said adjusting means, and means for enclosing said stem and fingers, said controlling means projecting to the exterior of said en' closing means.

9. Apparatus for waving or curling hair comprising a heat retaining unit, a heating iron, and a hair gripping member connected to said iron, said heat retaining unit having an opening therein adapted to be substantially closed by said hair gripping member.

10. A hair waiving or curling device comprising a mandrel, said mandrel comprising a stem and a plurality of laterally extending fingers said stem and said fingers being formed in two interfiting sections, an expanding means located wthin the stem of said mandrel, means on one end of said mandrel for gripping the free end of the hair, and means on the opposite end of the mandrel for gripping that portion of the hair near the head.

11. A hair waving or curling device comprising a mandrel, said mandrel comprising a stem, a plurality of fingers projecting from different parts of said stem, said stem and fingers being constructed of a plurality of parts, means for forcing said parts away from each other, and means on one end of the mandrel for gripping that portion of the hair near the head.

12. A hair waving or curling device com prising a stem, a plurality of fingers, said fingers being composed of aplurality of parts. means for adjusting said fingers to tauten the hair, and means on one end of said stemfor gripping that portion of the hair near the head.

13. A hair waving or curling device comprising a stem, a pluralityof fingers, said stem and said fingers to tauten the hair,

and means on one end of said stem for gripping that portion of the hair near the head.

14. A hair wavin or curling device comprising a stem, a p urality of fingers, said stem and said fingers being composed of a plurality of parts, means for adjusting said stem and said fingers to tauten the hair, means on one end of said stem for gripping that portion of the hair near the head, and a hook-like extension on one of the fingers which is disposed adjacent said gripping means.

15. Apparatus for waving or curling hair comprising a heat retaining unit, a heating iron, said heating iron comprising a stem signature. PETER SANTURELLO. 

